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<DIV><FONT color=#008080>Comments below:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Cy Shuster" <<A
href="mailto:charter1400@charter.net">charter1400@charter.net</A>><B=
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<DIV>> I'm trying to understand this discussion, and it sounds like =
there's
simply<BR>> honest disagreement over the merits of this one design -- =
is that
a fair<BR>> statement? </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080>I'm not even sure there is any disagreement =
over a
design - just some differences of opinion. The only difference seems to =
be in
the interpretation of what some folks read.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>> There are many designs which have broad agreement as =
having<BR>>
lesser merit: drop actions vs. direct blow, etc. In this case,
some<BR>> comments seem to say that some M's are fine pianos, in =
spite of
acknowledged<BR>> design deficiencies, so that it would be an error =
to
generalize. Are there<BR>> subvariations of the M's design, =
perhaps
from different years of production?<BR>> --Cy Shuster--<BR>> =
Rochester,
MN</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080>I don't know Ms that well, so I don't know if =
there
might be a few design changes among them. However, even if there are, I =
don't
think that is the issue here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080>IMHO, ditto what David Love =
posted:</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>David Love wrote:<BR>I think those who argue for improved designs =
are
probably making those<BR>arguments based <FONT color=#008080>(at =
least in
significant part)</FONT> on empiricism, not with disregard to =
it.
Implied in these<BR>and other comments is that an attempt to produce a =
better
design somehow<BR>means that the desire is to remove the variable of the =
art or
craft of<BR>getting the most out of that design. I haven't read =
that in
any of the<BR>designers' comments. Rather, I see the ideas as =
attempts to
remove some of<BR>the obstacles to achieving artistic goals on a more =
consistent
basis. <BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>